3D scanning

3D Scanning

Three dimensional scanning or 'digitizing' is the process of capturing the geometry of existing physical objects through the use of digitizing machines. Advanced Concepts incorporates laser, optical, destructive, CT and Sound Wave scanning for a variety of applications. Advanced Concepts accesses the industries most respected 3D technologies and combines them with its own proprietary technology to give customers data that is unequaled anywhere in the digitizing industry.

 provided by Fluid Entertainment courtesy of Wizards of the Coast.

   1.  The original model to be scanned was a piece of cast pewter.

   2. The lines show the polygons of the scanned data gathered through the scanning process..

   3. The colored image is the final texture mapped file rendered from 3D Studio Max

A common problem facing industrial designers is how to get organinc shapes into CAD systems. For example, a design concept may begin with a physical model of an ergonomically designed object; the client has approved the design and now its time to develop a CAD model in ProEngineer, SolidWorks, or other downstream software.

Another common problem is how to get an existing object in to a CAD system. Sometimes a part is no longer manufactured and no CAD files exist.

At Advanced Concepts we have solutions to these problems. We have a variety of scanning systems that can be used to digitize your part. Next we have a variety of CAD software we use to develop files that can imported into any downstream software application.

 Reverse Engineering a hellicopter joystick

Problems and Opportunities:  A physical model was provided. A CAD model for import into SolidWorks was required by the client's contractor.

Downstream Application: An iges128 (Nurbs) CAD model would be imported into SolidWorks and knit ito a solid model (a .prt file)

 

1.Original Model. This model was scanned with our proprietary system and a high density polygon mesh was created.

 

2. The polygonized mesh viewed in our CAD system.

 

3. Based on a curvature analysis, the polygonized mesh was organized into 480 patches and a nurbs surface was generated.

 

4. The Nurbs surface (iges128) was interrogated. All grey areas are within .03mm (.001 inches) of the polygonized mesh.

 

5. The Nurbs surface rendered as a solid.